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Maurizio La Cava is a digital entrepreneur, marketer, blogger, public speaker, presentation design guru, and Founder at MLC-Design.
He is also the author of Lean Presentation Design, a top-rated freelancer, and a Professor at the European Institute of Design in Milan. His favorite quote is “Time is free but it’s priceless”.
Here’s a list of links on Indezine sites, where he has been featured:
Lean Presentation Design: Conversation with Maurizio La Cava
November 23, 2016
MLC add-in for PowerPoint: Conversation with Maurizio La Cava
March 9, 2016
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Different PowerPoint versions support a plethora of video file formats. Not surprisingly, the new PowerPoint versions support a larger number of file formats for video.
To learn more, click a link from the tutorials listed below.
PowerPoint Friendly Video Formats
Tutorial Code: 14 01 01
Previous: 13 10 06 Using Morph to Highlight Parts of an Image in PowerPoint
Next: 14 01 02 PowerPoint Friendly Audio Formats
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A column chart is probably the most simple chart type that you can create in PowerPoint. What makes a column chart the most preferred chart type is that it follows human thinking. We are all used to identifying a taller column as representing more success, more sales, more profits, more reach, etc.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Tutorial Code: 10 14 02
Previous: 10 14 01 Chart Types in PowerPoint
Next: 10 14 03 Bar Charts in PowerPoint
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The default look of SmartArt graphics works great, and you may not want to change a thing! Yet, it’s good to know that you can change your SmartArt graphics to other layouts, change the color of SmartArt graphics, or apply a SmartArt Style to make your SmartArt graphic appear distinct and unique. You can also change the actual shapes within a SmartArt graphic. For instance, you can change some circles in your SmartArt graphic to squares with a mere click or two!
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint 2013
Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint 2010
Change Shapes within a SmartArt Graphic in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 11 03 02
Previous: 11 03 01 Text Pane for SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint
Next: 11 03 03 Resize Shapes within SmartArt Graphics in PowerPoint
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It is easy to flip and rotate a picture on your slide. However, this same flipping can be a little tricky when you use a picture fill within a shape. In our attempt to flip the picture, we tried flipping the container shape. The result is that the picture does get flipped, but so does the shape.
To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.
Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 365
Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2013
Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2010
Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 365
Flip and Rotate Picture Fills for Shapes in PowerPoint 2011
Tutorial Code: 06 02 06
Previous: 06 02 05 Finding Length of a Diagonal Line in PowerPoint
Next: 06 02 07 Working with Pie Shapes in PowerPoint
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